Six Degrees of Cinema

The Connections You Never See

Have you ever played the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”? You name each actor, director, and movie and make sure it connects to each degree before getting to Kevin Bacon. In this book, you will read of connections between actors and directors. For example, Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) both played Sherlock Holmes or Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett of Black Panther (2018) both played real-life musicians, etc. In this book, you will read of superheroes, comic books, or films based on comic books that have connections that you never expect to see. If you love comic books, then you will love what you will learn about your favorite actors and directors who work on films such as Superman (1978), Batman (1989), The Avengers (2012), etc.